WXDU's local news program, Shooting the Bull, did an interview with Durham County Board of Elections director Mike Ashe. In my experience, Mike has the universal admiration of Durham County poll workers. I've never heard anyone speak of him in less than glowing terms, and I share the sentiment. I feel like he's the reason why we don't have to worry about suspicious "irregularities," partisan dirty tricks from either side, and so forth in Durham County.
Also, I love his jokes at poll worker training. This time he showed us a picture of the new stickers he said he'd gotten at a discount from Florida: they said "I Think I Voted." We all joked about being disappointed to get the real ones instead on election day. One of the judges kept saying, "Where's my 'I Think I Voted' sticker?"
I missed the interview live but listened to the podcast. Thanks to the Shooting the Bull guys for doing such a good interview and for posting the podcast so quickly.
(I'm also crushed that I wasn't scheduled to work at one stop on Halloween, and I missed Mike's Uncle Sam costume. Apparently he visited every early voting location so all the poll workers could see his costume.)
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